WELL THIS IS INTERESTING.. Retron 5

Post by **Purkeynator** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 8:18 pm

Copyright be damned, I'm enjoying the hell out of my $79 machine. It's tipped the scales for me from collector back over to player. Plus my kids are always curious about what I am playing.

Post by **Shogun** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:54 pm

Purkeynator wrote:I'm enjoying the hell out of my $79 machine.

I had auto-notify set up on a few places that weren't price gauging on top of the already gauged price. New egg for example. It came back in stock and they hiked the already high price up $10 to $159.99. I think I'm going to wait for the hype to die down then I'll pick one up.

Post by **Tanooki** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:04 am

I don't see anything really on this $160 price revision on the R5 being true. Is this some retail scheme to play off the hype?

Post by **Jmustang1968** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 1:37 am

Tanooki wrote:I don't see anything really on this $160 price revision on the R5 being true. Is this some retail scheme to play off the hype?

It is right on the website: http://hyperkin.com/retro/retron-5.html

and an email:

Post by **Tanooki** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:04 am

Well they're dumb. I brought it up with the tech yesterday, while I was sleeping overnight I got written back he was not thrilled to learn about it from me and not the company.

They have some nerve.

Post by **Shogun** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:05 am

I wonder what the new hardware looks like. RetroRGB had a good teardown of the initial version: http://retrorgb.com/teardown.html

Post by **FerretGamer** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 12:21 pm

Wow, makes me feel even more fortunate that I only paid $76.19 for mine. :lol:

Post by **wclem** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 4:43 pm

Got mine on trade credit from garage sale stuffs!!

Post by **DonSilvestre** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:21 pm

Id be willing to bet a lot of money that the higher build quality is probably something to do with the pins/connectors. Either a part that allows them to eject more easily or just pins that are sturdier and don't bend as easily.

Post by **CRTGAMER** » Sun Oct 05, 2014 1:15 am

DonSilvestre wrote:Id be willing to bet a lot of money that the higher build quality is probably something to do with the pins/connectors. Either a part that allows them to eject more easily or just pins that are sturdier and don't bend as easily.

I suspect (as other mentioned) Hyperkin has raised the price in case of a court battle of the emulators.

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